30 Sep 10 | SOVEREIGN Hill has ramped up its campaign to bring Oprah to Ballarat with the release of a purpose-made music video.
30 Sep 10 | ST PETER'S Anglican Church was full to capacity yesterday as police and their families gathered to honour colleagues who have died in the past year.
National Police Remembrance Day is dedicated to officers who have died while serving, on or off duty.
30 Sep 10 | ONE of Ballarat's most historic and prestigious homes will soon go under the hammer.
Situated on more than 2000 square metres of prime real estate with views of Lake Wendouree, Oaklands in Hotham Street is said to be an immaculate example of 19th century architecture.
30 Sep 10 | A FERRY stuck in Lake Wendouree could be removed next week.
Begonia Princess owner Greg Austin has suggested using a crane to lift the deteriorating ferry out of the water.
30 Sep 10 | SPEED limits on the Midland Highway approaching Buninyong remain unacceptably high and must be lowered before an accident occurs, residents say.
The Buninyong Progress Association has been calling for lower speed limits along the highway as it approaches the town.
30 Sep 10 | BALLARAT Health Services posted a deficit of $6.51 million in the last financial year.
The figure was contained in the BHS annual report, a copy of which was obtained by The Courier.
30 Sep 10 | ONE year after Vivien Hodgins died in the Samoan tsunami, the pain of her death still lingers with her family.
But they say life is starting to get easier.
30 Sep 10 | DEMOLITION of the Gregory Street silos is under way.
It was initially expected the Lake Wendouree silos would be torn down in November but works have started early.
29 Sep 10 | LESS than a second separated Collis Birmingham from his Commonwealth Games dream in 2006.
29 Sep 10 | THE Ballarat Regional Bowls Association has stood by its decision to commence the bowls season this weekend despite angst from clubs about the clash with the AFL grand final rematch.
29 Sep 10 | NORTH Ballarat Rebels duo Lucas Cook and Ben Mabon continued their strong form at this week's AFL Draft Combine.
29 Sep 10 | STAR jockey Danny Nikolic is in strife again.
The high-profile hoop, who rode Mummify to victory in the 2003 Caulfield Cup, was at the centre of a stunning stewards inquiry at Ballarat's Dowling Forest Racecourse yesterday.
29 Sep 10 | FOUR-TIME Hepburn premiership coach Shane Robertson is yet to commit to another season with the club.
28 Sep 10 | AFTER almost 36 years as king and queen of Kryal Castle, Keith and Joyce Ryall will officially step down from the throne on Saturday night.
28 Sep 10 | IF YOU walk into Myer, you could be excused for thinking it is Christmas.
28 Sep 10 | THE Patterson family has nowhere left to go - not for the first time this month.
28 Sep 10 | THE Ballarat City Council will lobby the state government to press ahead with construction of a new arterial road after a report recommended it proceed.
28 Sep 10 | IT'S not often that Ballarat's soup bus runs late.
28 Sep 10 | THE Eureka Flag has been shipped to Adelaide for painstaking restorative works under tight security, with the warning that it may look different on its return.
28 Sep 10 | MORE than 30 per cent of code one calls to Ambulance Victoria in the Grampians region are not responded to within 15 minutes.
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